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I saw it too young and it fucked me up.
Theyve made so many sequels, prequels, and none have come close.
You cant doThe Exorcist.
Theres no point in remaking it.
Theres no point in trying to do that story again or better than the way it was done.
So you have to do something new.
Not a musical, as the panelists joked, but Flanagan did throw in jazz hands.
The new Exorcist will be a completely new thing.
Its not a retread, he continued.
Its not a remake.
Its not an update.
It has some ideas that I think are just ripe to be explored further.
And I love that movie.
It has the best jump scare maybe in cinematic history.
That hallway sequence in the hospital is so fucking astonishing if you havent seen it.
Theres still time Flanagans deadline for the script is November 1.
Halloween candys not going to help the belly ache.
